# SII 14.14: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 14. (A.R. No. 185 of 1926.) TIRUCHCHIṞṞAMBALAM,
PATTUKKOTTAI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE DOOR-JAMB OF THE
ARDHAMAṆḌAPA OF THE PURĀTANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0014

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0014.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record is very much damaged and only certain portions containing
the name of the king, Varaguṇa-Mahārāja and the name of the village
Tiruchchiṟṟēmam are preserved. The regnal year of the king namely, the
12th, opposite to the 4th, is also legible.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] vara ⟨2⟩ kuṇa mahārāja⟨3⟩ṟku yāṇṭu nāṉ ⟨4⟩ kāvataṟku
Etir ⟨5⟩ panni(raṇṭā)mā ⟨6⟩ ṇṭu [10+] ⟨7⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨8⟩ [1 lost
line] ⟨9⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨10⟩ Āvatu tirucci ⟨11⟩ ṟṟemattu kāṇi U ⟨12⟩
ṭaiyārkku Añ ⟨13⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨14⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨15⟩ [1 lost line]
⟨16⟩ [1 lost line]

## Commentary

⟨7–9⟩ Damaged.

⟨13–16⟩ Damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.14 by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Valérie Gillet (INSPandya00014).

### Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume
XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological
survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 10–11, item 14.